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IRMNG name detailsDiscoasteromonas Bursa, 1965
marine,
recent only
Bursa, A. S. (1965). <i>Discoasteromonas calciferus</i> n. sp., an Arctic relict secreting <i>Discoaster</i> Tak [sic] Sin Hok, 1927. <em>Grana Palynologica.</em> 6(1): 147-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00173136509429141 [details]
Taxonomic remark Not validly published (Fensome et al.). AlgaeBase, 2026 lists in Coccolithophyceae: Discoasterales: Discoasteromonadaceae...
Taxonomic remark Not validly published (Fensome et al.). AlgaeBase, 2026 lists in Coccolithophyceae: Discoasterales: Discoasteromonadaceae as an accepted name. Elbrächter et al., 2008 state: Bursa (1964, 1971) described, without validly published names, various taxa producing calcareous structures similar to Discoaster S.H. Tan. We do not include such organisms in the calcareous dinoflagellates yet, since their precise phylogenetic relationships require further investigation. ... Horner & al. (1998) discovered similar calcareous intracellular skeletal elements in living, unequivocally gymnodinoid cells, thus providing evidence for extant discoaster equivalents among the dinoflagellates. They have been found in ice samples from Alaska, Greenland and the Antarctic (Elbrächter, unpub. data; Horner, pers. comm. to M.E.), but it was not possible to grow cultures for subsequent morphological and molecular investigations. [details]
IRMNG (2021). Discoasteromonas Bursa, 1965. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035012 on 2026-06-01
Date action by 2016-11-22 09:43:47Z changed db_admin
original description
Bursa, A. S. (1965). <i>Discoasteromonas calciferus</i> n. sp., an Arctic relict secreting <i>Discoaster</i> Tak [sic] Sin Hok, 1927. <em>Grana Palynologica.</em> 6(1): 147-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00173136509429141 [details]
basis of record Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details] additional source Elbrächter, M.; Gottschling, M.; Hildebrand-Habel, T.; Keupp, H.; Kohring, R.; Lewis, J.; Meier, K.J.S.; Montresor, M.; Streng, M.; Versteegh, G.J.M.; et al. (2008). Establishing an agenda for calcareous dinoflagellate research (Thoracosphaeraceae, Dinophyceae) including a nomenclatural synopsis of generic names. <em>Taxon.</em> 57, 1289–1303. [details] status source Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details] name verified source Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details] extant flag source Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details] Unreviewed
Nomenclatural status nomen invalidum [details]Taxonomic remark Not validly published (Fensome et al.). AlgaeBase, 2026 lists in Coccolithophyceae: Discoasterales: Discoasteromonadaceae as an accepted name. Elbrächter et al., 2008 state: Bursa (1964, 1971) described, without validly published names, various taxa producing calcareous structures similar to Discoaster S.H. Tan. We do not include such organisms in the calcareous dinoflagellates yet, since their precise phylogenetic relationships require further investigation. ... Horner & al. (1998) discovered similar calcareous intracellular skeletal elements in living, unequivocally gymnodinoid cells, thus providing evidence for extant discoaster equivalents among the dinoflagellates. They have been found in ice samples from Alaska, Greenland and the Antarctic (Elbrächter, unpub. data; Horner, pers. comm. to M.E.), but it was not possible to grow cultures for subsequent morphological and molecular investigations. [details] |
